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The war for Web users' eyeballs, hearts and minds -- being fought on numerous battlefields from search to instant messaging -- turned its attention back to the e-mail front today as Yahoo announced it would boost the storage of its free Web e-mail service to 1 GB. The massive storage capability -- f...

As mergers take off in all directions, newly stirred corporate philosophies must be properly captured, realigned and projected through new corporate name personas to ensure the confidence of long-term investors. It is extremely difficult to run a corporation with two faces, two messages and two name...

Staking its claim to leadership in the converging worlds of mobile computing, Web browsing and cellular communications, Samsung has become the latest handset vendor to roll out a WiFi-enabled phone. Samsung said it will make its SPH-M4300 available in its home market of Korea later this month. In ad...

America Online has released the latest version of its instant messaging platform, one that analysts say advances the technology that has the potential to alter both the online and communications landscapes. ICQ 5 includes a number of new features, including an upgraded voice-chat service that uses V...

Phishing is one of the fastest-growing security threats on the Internet, according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report from security vendor Symantec, with the number of phishing incidents rising to 33 million per week. "Attackers are launching increasingly sophisticated attacks in an effor...

Time Warner has reached a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to pay US$300 million in fines to settle a long-simmering investigation into America Online's accounting practices during the height of the dot-com boom. The company said the SEC has formally approved a settlement that ...

The search wars took another interesting twist today as IAC/InteractiveCorp. announced it would buy search engine Ask Jeeves for around US$1.85 billion in stock. The move pairs IAC, a fast-growing e-commerce and social networking conglomerate with a powerful brand in several key online markets, with...

Officials at the European Commission (EC) say Microsoft is falling short of its pledge to cooperate fully with sanctions against it meant to boost competition among software makers in Europe, raising the prospect of additional penalties being levied. In addition to paying the equivalent of US$600 mi...

Insider trading laws have been around for a long time, even before the SEC Act of 1934. Martha Stewart's recent trial and incarceration have brought a higher degree of awareness and caution to investors who are potential beneficiaries of insider trading. This article will define insider trading, ex...

Throwing a twist into the raging search wars, Amazon's A9.com search site is pushing an open format that allows vertical search results to be widely syndicated in a manner similar to a popular approach for cross-pollinating blogs and news feeds. A9.com launched OpenSearch, which it bills as "a colle...

The mobile adult services market is set to reach US$5 billion by 2010, according to a new wireless Internet applications service report from Strategy Analytics. Analysts said fear of consumer backlash and government regulation is stalling wireless adult content growth stateside. Jupiter Research ana...

Having rolled out its own search engine in a bid to match rivals Yahoo and Google in terms of technology, Microsoft is now hoping to duplicate their success in the revenue and profit arenas by launching a paid search product. MSN Search is hoping that the use of collected demographics information wi...

Illegal file-sharing through peer-to-peer networks continues to be a problem for copyright owners despite efforts by various industry groups and court rulings. However, recent developments might provide hope for copyright owners as zealous prosecution of users by the entertainment industry across th...

As MP3 players revolutionize the portable music device landscape, video download services and device makers are hoping the digital transition will spread from audio to visual presentations. A pair of announcements today from CinemaNow and MediaPass Network set the stage for what content providers an...

The name IBM is the world's most distinct and valuable corporate identity. Its three letters, parked in this unique random arrangement, are worth many billions of dollars. Meanwhile, Lenovo of China is the new owner of IBM PC and will also use the IBM name for the next five years, while IBM will use...